With some strong reviews and a Game Pass launch, the Steam release of Hellblade 2 doesn't look incredibly big over on Valve's platform.

Normally this wouldn’t be news but given Xbox’s recent decisions on game studios this might actually be concerning for Ninja Theory.

  • tinsukE
    53•7 months ago

    Facts: Game didn’t break the charts on day one.

    Media: Game is struggling on Steam.

    Facts: That’s not what the data say, in fact some games come out with a bang, others have a long…

    Media: OmD, will Ninja Theory survive?!

    Can’t have a healthier gaming industry if this passes for news, specially with that headline.

    5th paragraph in, so they can say they weren’t doomsayers:

    While the numbers don’t look great, there’s currently nothing to worry about with Hellblade 2.

    Edit: added clarity that the post started with a “dialogue”.

  • ShaunaTheDead
    17•7 months ago

    I’m not surprised, to be honest. The first game was a success largely because of the interesting hook, which is that Senua is schizophrenic and they immerse you inside her mind by having voice constantly whispering in your ears, or sometimes a voice will rise above the murmur with something helpful, or not.

    The actual game play though is not very good, it’s actually pretty boring. So even if you were interested in that hook you probably played the first one but you’re over it, and if you weren’t intrigued enough to play the first one then you’ll probably miss the second one too.

  • @[email protected]
    13•7 months ago

    I bought the first game and just never got to it? Damnedest thing. No idea why, I hear it’s great and reasonably quick to play through…

    • @Big_Boss_77English
      8•7 months ago

      Same… I’ve had it for years now… what is it about this game that makes people buy it but never play it?

      • Phanatik
        3•7 months ago

        Are you really asking why someone would buy a game on Steam that they never play?

    • metaStatic
      6•7 months ago

      same.

      and I really want to buy 2 even if it takes me just as long to get to it because it’s reasonably priced and I think any company not deliberately fucking over Australian gamers should be rewarded for that

    • @[email protected]English
      2•7 months ago

      I just played the original on steam deck and it’s great! I’d prob get the second one if worked well on steam deck :/

  • @[email protected]
    7•7 months ago

    I think there are a multitude of reasons for why it may not be doing well, but personally I had no clue it was coming out this month, I don’t trust my PC to be able to run it (rtx 3070 isn’t enough for a lot of high fidelity games these days), and I got hellblade 1 at full price and beat it in under 6 hours. I’m looking forward to playing it at a lower price and on better hardware in 4 years or something.

  • @[email protected]
    6•7 months ago

    The game was actually terrible and only had a good story hook that wears out by the end and it’s on game pass this time.

    Nobody but hardcore fans are buying this on steam at full price.